Kayak and Lunch

We'd like to do "Kayak and Koffee" or "Kayak and Kocktails" but for today it was "Kayak and Lunch" (no alliteration).  Audrey, Lila, Mary Beth and I went kayaking over to the Bayside for lunch.  It was a beautiful day, a little breezy on the bay, but a perfect day for being outside.  I was glad I didn't have to work today.

 Look at how perfectly in sync Mary Beth and Lila were and I love the orange and yellow combination of the paddles.

This is how far away from them I was when I took the picture, you can't even see them. If you click on the picture it will enlarge and you can see them as a spec in the distance. 

 Audrey in her fast kayak

 We went down to check out the lily pads, not too many

 Here we are at lunch

And we were joined by a swan and her baby.

Kayaking

I started off the day at 6:30 doing outdoor Yoga with Audrey at the Y.  It was so nice out there watching the clouds go by and not as cold as I thought it would be even though it was only 63° when we went.

At 9:45 Mary Beth joined us and we drove out to Fairport to the Erie Canal Boat Company to use our Groupon for a half day of Kayaking.  We had sit on Kayaks that turned out to be pretty comfortable with good back support.  They were easy to use and we had perfect weather.  We had the Riviera by Jackson.

Once I got home I checked on google maps for the distance and we paddled 2.5 miles each way.  If we wanted to go to Shoen Place for lunch, which was a thought we had, we would have had to paddle 6.6 miles in each direction.  Although the Erie canal is  East-West it is anything but a straight line.  Our paddle took us South.

 Once we returned the boats we needed some nourishment and discovered Whatcha' Got Cookin' practically next door where we were able to sit outside alongside the canal and have some delicious sandwiches. Thanks to Audrey for the next pictures.